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As typical of indy/doujin games, Lilia is a heroine with an actual personality and a fun attitude that allows her to bump off the personality of the guy, Ronan. The game has 2 different endings, of Lilia as either her human self or cat self but generally it’s the same. Unfortunately this ends up being a down side of the game because once you finish 1 route, the 2nd one becomes a bit boring since essentially the story is the same aside from a few slight difference and Lilia’s appearance. Despite this I still enjoyed the game, because both the 2 main characters and the sub characters had fun personalities and great dialogue that did make the first run of the game very enjoyable.

Only other gripe I have is I wish the skip and auto-mode buttons were on the menu GUI so I wouldn’t constantly have to right click to open the menu. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the game, and especially the voice acting was probably one of my favorite parts. Both Ronan and Lilia’s voice actors did a great job and really helped bring out the characters’ personalities. If you’re looking for a short and cute game, I definitely recommend giving this one a shot as it’s better than some of the otome games I’ve reviewed recently.

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Jak zwykle w grach indy/doujin, Lilia jest bohaterką o prawdziwej osobowości i zabawnym nastawieniu, które pozwala jej podbić osobowość faceta, Ronana. Gra ma 2 różne zakończenia, Lilii jako jej ludzkiej lub kociej postaci, ale generalnie jest tak samo. Niestety kończy się to wadą gry, ponieważ po ukończeniu 1 trasy druga staje się nieco nudna, ponieważ zasadniczo historia jest taka sama poza kilkoma drobnymi różnicami i wyglądem Lilii. Mimo to nadal podobała mi się gra, ponieważ zarówno 2 główne postacie, jak i postacie poboczne miały zabawne osobowości i świetne dialogi, które sprawiły, że pierwsze uruchomienie gry było bardzo przyjemne.


Jedynym innym problemem, jaki mam, jest to, że chciałabym, aby przyciski pomijania i trybu automatycznego znajdowały się w menu GUI, więc nie musiałabym ciągle klikać prawym przyciskiem myszy, aby otworzyć menu. Poza tym naprawdę podobała mi się gra, a zwłaszcza aktorstwo głosowe było prawdopodobnie jedną z moich ulubionych części. Zarówno aktorzy głosowi Ronana, jak i Lilii wykonali świetną robotę i naprawdę pomogli wydobyć osobowości bohaterów. Jeśli szukasz krótkiej i uroczej gry, zdecydowanie polecam dać jej szansę, ponieważ jest lepsza niż niektóre gry otome, które ostatnio recenzowałam.

Chociaż uważam, że cena jest nieco wysoka w stosunku do zawartości, którą otrzymujesz (43,99 zł) myślę, że jest to rekompensowane faktem, że gra jest w pełni udźwiękowiona. Bardzo rzadko zdarza się, że gra indy jest w pełni udźwiękowiona, większość z nich w ogóle nie jest udźwiękowiona. Ale ten nawet podkłada głos bohaterce, która nawiasem mówiąc, wykonała niesamowitą robotę jako Lilia i Leea. Jest fajny film otwierający i piosenka OP, co znowu jest niezwykłe w tego typu grach. Myślę więc, że kończy się to potwierdzeniem ceny, ale chyba wolałabym, żeby te 2 trasy miały coś faktycznie innego niż prawie identyczne historie.


Żeby otrzymać Sekretną Dyskusje trzeba mieć jednocześnie dobre wybory i w ścieszce jako człowiek jak i w Luckrecji

How to take off your mask is a sweet short visual novel but the way it's made from the technical point of view is too inconvenient. If you're interested in cute cat-girls and a light read, you should buy the remastered version. I'm sure the playthrough would be much more pleasant for me if I had the renewed game but the idea to spend money on it (and the price is so much higher) when I already have this one was kinda meh. Anyway, it's gonna be a neutral review.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2861528197
+a sweet story about a cat girl. That was rather relaxing to read. Don't expect anything deep.
+MC was quite enjoyable in her human form as well. For example, to see that she was the first to confess her feelings was delightful.
+fully voiced Japanese VN. That's the reason enough to choose a thumb up for this neutral review. xD
+pretty art, beautiful CGs, lovely videos.
+cards, achievements. Plus one 'perfect' game in steam collection \o/ 155th for me :))
+a steam guide, I actually had to use at one point.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2846302122
–saving is inconvenient. You can't see what's there in the save slot.
–I set the sound volume at zero. But it didn't help T_T A grating, annoying sound was there all the time when I accidentally put cursor over settings. So to skip the read text I couldn't use the skip button because of that awful sound but ctrl skipped all the text. I was thinking about turning the sound off on my computer but I wanted to enjoy the chars' voices T_T

–So, the skipping is disastrous. Chapters change for too long. Usually when you skip through the read text and some new sentences appear clicking on skip button works like usual clicking, just to continue reading. But not here :( You click, shudder from that terrible sound and that's it, the text stops, you have to click somewhere else, no way to see when the read text starts. Of course, it's not like I totally forgot the story I've read before but it's still a waste of time, I still manage to read some part of the text I've read. it's so inconvenient(

--oh, and the screen size is either a full window or a tiny one :(
--story-wise not all questions were answered. The ending and the dev's comments hinted about the continuation. But I don't see if there's any. Perhaps, I'm wrong though. The devs has quite a number of visual novels.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2851141958
Welp, perhaps for 2015 year this visual novel is not that bad but inconvenient settings still spoiled a lot of pleasure for me. Definitely, buy a remastered version if you want to indulge in a bit stupid but still very adorable interaction with a cat girl.

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This is a very cute game although one con to me is the OG price. If you can get this game on a good sale I recommend doing so. It has a pretty engaging plot arc. Two sides to one person, so there are a couple routes to play.

Honestly, it seemed pretty cheesy to me before i started playing it, then I decided when I got about 1 and 1/2 chapters in that it is worth playing to see Ronan in a constant state of bugging out. It's adorable!

I turned the sounds effects off. It has lots of anime shouting and the sound effect for those moments is a low "Charles Ives" piano pounding- which get for me super irritating after three times in a matter of minutes. Other than that the BGM was quaint, nothing to write home about but not distracting. The Art work is satisfactory and CG are cute.

7/10

This was a good visual novel overall. It was very cute and had great voice acting and fluffy romance. To my relief, it was easy to play through all the story paths and endings. I enjoyed both main story branches but found that I preferred the Human Side (story branch in which Lilia is primarily in human form) over the Luccretia Side (story branch in which she's primarily in luccretia form). Although Lilia behaved more honestly while in luccretia form (and was just plain cuter), in the Human Side she was more honest with Ronan overall, and I really liked that. That honesty was reflected in how the ending played out too, and it just worked better for me overall.

Pros:
+ Excellent voice acting. All dialogue is voiced (characters' thoughts are not), and I liked everyone's voice but the villain's. Although I tended to read faster than the actors spoke, I found myself waiting for them to finish talking before moving on to the next line, because I liked their voices so much.
+ The story was a bit bland and predictable, but it was so cutely executed that I mostly didn't notice. I liked Ronan and, although she was occasionally frustrating, I liked Lilia too. It was fun watching them gradually realize their feelings for each other.
+ The story wasn't rapey! That said, it did have some other issues I've covered in my "cons" section.
+ I loved the sprites, and the CG artwork was usually pretty nice too.
+ Very easy to go through all the story options. Choices have two types of effects: raising your chance of getting the Human Side vs. the Luccretia Side, and raising your romance (I'm not sure how necessary this is - I never tested what effect choosing nothing but non-romance options would get you). You only ever have to choose between two possible options, and the effects of your choices are immediately made clear with a little image that appears. Also, the game makes it crystal clear which story paths you've already followed and allows players to start off at whichever chapter (that they've previously played) that they'd like. This would be a great first visual novel for newbies.

Cons:
- The story was pretty bland and predictable after a certain point.
- Although Lilia is an adult (or maybe older teen?) in human form, she's physically only 13 or 14 in luccretia form. Which means that, especially in the Luccretia Side, Ronan finds himself growing increasingly attracted to a child. Granted, even he has problems with this and fights his feelings, but the Luccretia ending has him deciding that it's okay to love her no matter her form because Lilia's mental age in that form is older. I kind of agreed with him, but the justification still felt a bit icky.
- The translation was occasionally a bit rough, with a few misused words and awkward phrases here and there.

All in all I'm glad I've already purchased How to Fool a Liar King. I'm looking forward to playing that one too.

I really enjoyed it. The music is great, and they know how to make me laugh everytime I go through it. Like someone else mentioned it is pretty linear but I enjoy the story anyways. I think even people who never watched an anime or touched manga would enjoy this. If you like to watch anime/games that has comedy and romance this is a game you should play. ^^

Watched Dodger play this ages ago and bought it to show support, like I do with all visual novel lets plays I enjoy. Anyways, I finally got around to playing it myself and While this is a short novel (took me just over 3 hours to complete both paths) it is one of the most charming novels I have played. Get it on a sale however, $15USD ($20AUD) is a bit steep for 3 hours.

At first, I really enjoyed this game. I've played my fair share of VN's, and I thought the production values were good, the story was cute, and the stats mechanism easy enough to understand. Unfortunately, I discovered on the second playthrough that your choices do not matter. I wanted to see what ending I would get if I purposefully made bad choices, and I got the *exact same ending as if I had made the "love" choice.* In other words, my choices didn't matter at all. The only thing they affected was if I received some bonus content or chapters.

This really effected the story for me. Why bother having a "love stat" or "love choice" if no matter what you do, the characters fall in love?

So cute and adorable, really easy to read and follow. Filled with adorable sweetness and comedy.

If you're into romantic visual novels, and very cute looking girls, then this is great. Very much worth the money, and would recommend to any first-time visual novel readers who love their animu waifus!

The best word to describe this game as 'adorable'. There are a lot of cliché moments but as a whole it is well executed and, at times, very funny. Music is nice and the art is very good. The game is easy (binary decisions with an indicator to show you what your choice did) but fun.

I have found this game very enjoyable to play and read. I would be glad to suggest to anyone whom enjoys visual novels to invest in a copy of the game.

This visual novel is about a young lady name Lilia whom works in a bakery with her grandmother, and is visited by her childhood friend Ronan. One day, she discovers she has turned into a luccretia as a half-human and half-cat creature, she panics and her adventure into the world where being different causes hardships and sometimes even hatred, and the trials she faces as she tries to cope with the change she has experienced. Follow in her footsteps in the game as she faces these trials and also seeks friendship and love from her childhood friend and interacts with her other companions.

There are 2 main paths in the game, Human path where your choices are to regain your identity is towards your humanity, or to follow your instincts as a Luccretia and seek to belong as the entity you are a part human and feline person. If you complete both choices in a single session addition bonus content opens.

I personally rate it 5 stars.

I love revisiting my favorite stories time and again and this game has earned its place among that list. An extremely well thought out and fun visual novel. Please keep up the good work Bakufu Narayama/Chu-3 :)

I have also added a general guide to the achievements and other content available for this game. Feel free to look it up in the guides section for this game.

I really like roseVeRte’s games. And this one was one of the cutest visual novels I’ve played on steam! Art style, BG, BGM, and VA were just perfect. Luccretia’s route was really cute, haha!
All the previous things which used to annoy me a bit on the other games from these developers are gone (more like technical stuff, I always liked their stories tho). This new story seems a bit cliche at first, but after playing both routes, I can definitely recommend this game. It’s cute, and I’m looking forward to see a How to Take Off Your Mask 2 soon. I also felt a deeper connection between the characters during Luccretia’s route.

8/10. There’s no “super deep meaning” or “super sad” stuff here, just a simple cute visual novel. If you enjoy this sort of game, get it on sale (I found it a bit short, and this game is kinda expensive to be honest)! I wish good luck to the developers on the second game, I’m really curious about what’s coming next.

The plot is VERY cliche, and even though the anthropomorphic cats are pretty creative, the way the characters fall in love is not, and I find that the MC can't tell that the boy loves her despite how obvious it is, to be annoying and just there because that's how it always is. I'm not sure this game is worth the $14.99. The originality in the demo was lost to the banality of the following chapters in the story. If you haven't been exposed to much romantic themed stories, you may think this story is original, which is fine, then this game is for you. But if you're looking for an otome game that breaks the mold, this isn't the game for you.

How to Take of Your Mask while relatively short is really adorable with a wide array of characters. It was a joy to play and left me smiling most of the way through it was just so darn cute.

+ Beautiful CGs
+ Quite a bit of extra content
+ Unlock short scenes of Ronan's POV
+ Two fairly different endings

I really enjoyed playing through and getting the two different endings which were quite different at the point it branches off. I'm not going to deny that I wish that it was longer especially since I think that it could have been taken further but overall I was very satisfied and content at both endings - and overall with the game.

Kawaii!

A girl finds herself a kitty girl, nyanya!
A boy becoming a city guard
Otome with single girl and single guy
And the growing pains they endure as they make choices on what they want to be to themselves and each other.

Went through both routes and enjoyed them. I'm a slow reader and do each storyline at a different time to re-experience it, rather than do it once and skip skip skip to just catch the differences right away. Either way there are still enought differences to give you good story. Choices can lead to a human ending and a kitty ending where the last few chapters have a bit of a different storyline to get to similar ending that is a cliff hanger.

They might have a sequel come out (certainly set up for it) as you get there feeling there's a lot of storyline around the two main characters that you only catch glimpses of. Might have been fun to see more of that, especially Juli's character whom is my favorite.

The art is better than past games from them, IMO.

I can't figure out if there's stock music or new music, some of it seems familair to past games, it's nondescript so can't tell. Good background music, though not something I'd want the soundtrack for.

It was a nice fluffy distraction.

it's too short, IMO, and you can only choose one guy, which is kind of sad. The story isn't really complete, will they be making a second game, I wonder?

I really liked the concept of the game a lot. It was fun to play, the music was awesome, and the artwork was so cute! The only problem I had with this game was the price and how long the game actually was. Without getting all of the achievements on the game, I played approximately four hours. However, the game was very interactive, and appealing! If you want a otome, yet story based game, then definitely get How To Take Off You Mask! :)

First I want to hide my luccretia side from Ronan, but as the story continue I'd like to notify Ronan that is me Lilia.
That make me get Luccretia path. Because of me Ronan suffers, I can't let Ronan suffers anymore. This game art was nice and BGM match with the situation. What I like more is the story. Conclusion I like this VN. I will recommend this VN.

Well, just got done playing the human side route. I must say, this game is very adorable! I highly recommend this game if you are a fan of visual novels.

Pros:
*Character sprites are VERY well done. The shading and proportions are excellent, and don't make me feel like I'm looking at a newgrounds flash game made by a 14 year old.
*Very well written story. Dialogue is well done, the chraracters, while not very in depth, I feel are quite decently written.
*Gameplay does not appear to have any bugs at all
*This game does appear to have some replay value
*This game is fully voiced, even the minor characters (all two of them). Voices are in Japanese.

Cons:
*This game is rather short (I am a huge speed reader, so actual gameplay was less than an hour for me. Then again, I can read a 600 page book in two hours). If you are a slower reader, I imagine this would take a bit longer.
*The story, while well written, could use a bit of fleshing out. I guess I just like more details and meat to a story.
*Price does feel a bit high to me. Then again, this is probably because of the voice acting.
*Plotline seems to skip around a bit, but given this is a light-hearted story, it doesn't really detract from anything.


All in all, if you love visual novels and reading, this is a good game. If you are a huge otome and VN fan like me, you won't mind the price. Otherwise, you may want to wait until this goes on sale.

Finished human route, and I think it`s nice game to play if you like otome / VN`s with romance. Story is very adorable and cute, scenario focuses on the dilemmas and transformation which the protagonists undergo under the influence our decisions. You can say that game is simple because it has only two routes and one guy to romance, but it has a few nice twists and choices. I recommend this game and I look forward to the next from roseVeRte :)

PS: I was a little disappointed that roseVeRte abandoned its previous graphic style - but I can imagine why.

I want to start this off with This is the best Interactive visual novel i have played. lots of choices and very fun and lots of extra bits and peices. Yet im only done with half the story. i recommend this game fully with its adorable and sweet love story <3.

but if I could make one change i would make writen save files.